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This fully illustrated document provides complete details for building switches using Fast Tracks tools & supplies. These instructions apply to Turnouts, Wyes & Curved Turnouts in all scales and include essential information for building any fixture-built trackwork.
- Building Turnouts Using Fast Tracks Assembly Fixtures
A prototype stub turnout typically has only a single head...
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Our Track Templates will match switches built using Fast...
- Building Turnouts Using Fast Tracks Assembly Fixtures
Our Track Templates will match switches built using Fast Tracks Assembly Fixtures precisely and can also be used to help position and layout track on your roadbed. Printable Tie Templates are available to match most of the fixtures Fast Tracks offers and can be downloaded for free from the website.
Complete selection of Fast Tracks videos that provide step-by-step instructions for using our tools to build great looking, high performance switches and trackwork for your model railroad.
- Building A Stub Turnout
- Original patent drawing of a stub turnout commonly used in the 19th and early 20th centuries
- Craftsman Series Build
- NMRA Compliancy & MMR Certification
- Supplies You Will Need
Stub turnouts, or the more generic term, “Stub Switch”, are the precursor to today’s modern turnouts. Stub turnouts are different from modern turnouts in that there were no moving switchpoints. Instead the routes were changed by actually moving the rails leading up to the turnout. Using a manually operated switch stand, and some real muscle, brakem...
The second part of the process is to build a movable bridle - the part of the turnout that actually moved back and forth to select the route. What makes stub turnouts a bit more dificult to construct is the need for a mechanical stop. Unlike a turnout with switchpoints, a stub switch has to have something to physi-cally stop the movement of the bri...
We recommend that you gain some experience in building standard turnouts before you attempt to build a Stub Turnout. This document assumes that you are familiar with the methods for build-ing a standard turnout in a Fast Tracks assembly fixture, and that you have mastered basic turn-out construction techniques and soldering skills.
Turnouts built with Fast Tracks tools and following the instructions provided in this document and in our Using Fast Tracks Assembly Fixtures video will be NMRA com-pliant. Fast Tracks tools may be used to construct trackwork for your Civil Engineering certificate, however you should al-ways confirm NMRA compliancy by checking the turnout using you...
Rail Turnout PC Board Ties Rail Joiners Rail Spikes Flat Washers (The thickness of the washer should be slightly less than a PC Board tie.) Wood screws that fit the flat washers Wood Ties TwistTies (optional - you can use standard wood ties if you prefer.)
Jul 18, 2024 · There is a big difference between normal Narrow gauge switches and Narrow Gauge STUB switches. Normal turnouts be they standard gauge or Narrow Gauge have switch points that move to direct the train wheels to go onto the desired track. Where Stub Switches don't have switch points the actual approaching track rails move
May 18, 2020 · Building double slip switches with the fast-tracks jig. With the promised re-release of the Walthers line of turnouts being postponed indefinitely and no plans to ever produce the...
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Jan 27, 2016 · If you're looking at making a fair number of identical switches then you might want to invest in some construction tools, either from Fast Tracks (an MRH sponsor) or Proto87 Stores ( http://www.proto87.com/). The tools can be pricey but the more turnouts you build the more you amortize the cost.
